• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
Why did patron ABC00006108 receive the fine of $0.75 in spite of the grace period? This patron returned an item AFTER the Library was closed for two weeks' Christmas break. Aleph correctly calculated the item to be 3 days overdue based on:

actual due date: 12/16/09
library still open 12/17/09 and 12/18/09
library closed 12/19/09 through 01/03/10
item returned 01/04/10 (3 days late)

Aleph accounted for open/closed days correctly, but did not credit the grace period. I have reviewed KB 16384-19953 but its resolution does not match this problem. Following are more details.


bor_status: 01
item_status: 01

Cash details are:
Circulation Type Late return - Late return
Loan Date 11/30/2009
Due Date 12/16/2009 11:59 PM
Original Due Date 12/16/2009
Return Date 01/05/2010 01:09 PM
Patron Status Undergraduate
Loan Time 11/30/2009 01:29 PM
Due Time 12/16/2009 11:59 PM
Original Due Date 12/16/2009
Return Time 01/05/2010 01:09 PM

The circulation log shows:
Action: Cash transaction created
Description: Cash (Debit:1.00) transaction created for Late return <0004 0000 D .25>. Net Amount:1.00, VAT:0.00.

I have checked KB16384-19953 resolution steps accordingly:

tab_sub_library.eng has "16A" as the Group ID for tab16 (col.7):
!
! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ! 12 13
!!!!!-!-!!!!!-!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!
BRO50 2 BRO50 L SUNY Brockport BRO50 BRO50
BROMN 1 BRO50 L Drake Memorial Library 15A 16A 17A BRO50

tab16 has the following line for the combination of 16A, 01 (item status), and 01 (patron status):
! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
!!!!!-!!-!!-!!-!-!!!!!!!!-!!-!-!!!!-!!!!-!!!!!-!!!-!!!-!-!-!!!!!!!!-!-!!!!-!!!-!!!-!!-!!!!-!!!!!!!!!!-!!!!!!!!!!-!!!!!!!!!!-!!!-!
16A 01 ## 01 A 20100203 07 A 2359 0000 00025 040 010 D 014 02 M004 10.00 00.25 000 0

Note that column 7 has "07", indicating a 7 day grace period.

tab17 lists all the closed days of our Christmas break:
17A 20091218 05 O 0745 1630
17A 20091219 C
17A 20091220 C
17A 20091221 C
17A 20091222 C
17A 20091223 C
17A 20091226 C
17A 20091227 C
17A 20091228 C
17A 20091229 C
17A 20091230 C
17A 20091231 C
17A 20100102 C
17A 20100103 C
17A 20100116 C
17A 20100117 C
17A 20100118 C
17A 20100123 C
17A ####0101 C
17A ####0704 C
17A ####1224 C
17A ####1225 C

Resolution:
You have specified "D", an Open Days method of fine calculation, but as noted in KB 3915: "Even if you specify an "open-days" method, closed days are still counted against the grace-period days."

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013